Ypsilanti because that is where Edsel Ford, much to his father's dismay, built the Willow Run plant that was created to fulfill Edsel's commitment to bring automotive manufacturing techniques to the war effort, to build one B-24 an hour.

While there, through Helen Mills, the tennis champion and his Egeria, Valentiner met Diego Rivera; once back in Detroit he persuaded his art committee to commission this Mexican artist to execute murals for the inner court, for which Edsel Ford paid, and which provide yet further testimony to Valentiner's love of modern art.

The time capsule unsealed by Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer and Detroit 300 Chairman Edsel Ford II on the eve of Detroit's 300th birthday offers a unique, personal perspective on the changes wrought by a century.

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